ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Project Profile: Road Infrastructure Rehabilitation This project will rehabilitate 8.7 km of major road to improve safety, capacity and drainage along the Sir George Walter Highway and the Friars Hill Road. These roads are used daily by 75% of the population and the upgrade will provide a major boost to commercial and economic activity on the island. The project will also strengthen the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Works and Housing (MOWH) by upgrading the materials laboratory, and it will address gender equality through sensitisation training for staff at the MOWH, other partner ministries and contractors.
Status Q3, 2016 Technical Assistance (TA) study to prepare project completed
December, 2016 Capital grant approved
Project Funding Capital total
TA total
£22.9mn
£0.3mn
Other funding
September, 2017 Design/build construction contract for the approved works signed
£0.11mn
TA grant £0.19mn
Other funding £9.2mn
Capital grant £13.7mn
Total UKCIF allocation
£13.9 million
Q1, 2019 Relocation of utilities 95% complete
Q2 2019 Start of roadworks
Q1, 2020 Expected completion of works
Key Contacts Government of Antigua & Barbuda Ministry of Works and Housing (MOWH) - PIMU Denis Cudjoe, Project Coordinator email: projectcoordinator.works@ab.gov.ag Caribbean Development Bank Andrew Dupigny, Head of Infrastructure Partnerships email: dupigna@caribank.org